ff463f9e7e477861e6d6653e32345e8b English series Thomas Mansfield Plymouth Marine Laboratory tma@pml.ac.uk pointOfContact 2023-05-09 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Solar-Tracking Radiometry Platform (So-Rad) Data 2023-05-05 publication 2023-05-09 revision PML-N9TT-9G0A-B7FQ-RANC The So-Rad is a low-power, low cost autonomous system to obtain high-frequency water-leaving reflectance from non-stationary platforms such as ships and buoys. So-Rad optimizes the measurement geometry of commercially available sensors which increases the number of successful observations of water colour obtained from moving platforms. Hyperspectral water-leaving reflectance is used to determine diagnostic features in water colour that can be associated with phytoplankton biomass, suspended solids and dissolved organic matter concentration. Observing in situ reflectance with sensors on the So-Rad is used to validate satellite observations, particularly the performance of algorithms that separate atmospheric and water-leaving radiance, which have high uncertainty in optically complex waters such as coastal seas and inland waters. High-quality reference measurements are required, collected under optimal observation conditions (solar and viewing azimuth, sun elevation). Data Manager Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Data Manager +44 (0)1752 633 100 +44 (0)1752 633101 Prospect Place The Hoe Plymouth PL1 3DH dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Data Manager Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Data Manager +44 (0)1752 633 100 +44 (0)1752 633101 Prospect Place The Hoe Plymouth PL1 3DH dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian continual Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Atmospheric conditions Energy resources Meteorological geographical features Oceanographic geographical features GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Other meteorological measurements Other wave statistics Solar Radiation SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Wrecks and Obstructions MEDIN 2012-02-14 creation ata is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced, along with an acknowledgement that this data was collected with funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 776480. otherRestrictions CC BY 4.0 English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere economy climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere oceans Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation English Channel International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation North Atlantic Ocean SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision atmosphere -4.4000 -4.1000 50.0000 50.4000 -9.2000 -9.1000 38.7000 38.7000 2020-04-30 2023-05-09 Data Manager Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Data Manager +44 (0)1752 633 100 +44 (0)1752 633101 Prospect Place The Hoe Plymouth PL1 3DH dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor series Parsed data received from sensor network.